Social Media Ideas for Cross-Strait Tensions

Notes from Central Taiwan: Beijing’s intimidation tactics in Taiwan and beyond

Stop hostile talk, Taiwan urges China

China voices angst over Taiwan as Pacific Island leaders meet

Palau, host of this year's Pacific Islands Forum, invited Taiwan's foreign minister to attend, one of Taipei's few remaining avenues for international exposure.

One Issue That Could Upend Fragile U.S.-China Ties: Taiwan Arms

As Beijing presses President Trump to freeze a proposed $14 billion weapons sale to the island, Taiwan is trying to show that its security is in U.S. interests.

The Perils of Mind-Reading in the Taiwan Strait

Without sustained dialogue over Taiwan, Beijing and Washington are both vulnerable to dangerous misreadings of each other’s intentions.

The Battle for Taiwan’s East: Taipei’s Western Pacific Strategy

The PLA has stepped up both the scale and intensity of its activities in the airspace and waters east of Taiwan. How can Taipei respond?

TPP-KMT ties strained by Jhubei mayoral contest

Taiwan no longer just a US-China problem

Taiwanese leader welcomes talks between Washington and Beijing ‘to reduce risk of war’

Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te has welcomed talks between Washington and Beijing aimed at reducing the risk of conflict. Lai’s annual Double Tenth address on Saturday, marki...

Taiwan’s Maritime Law Enforcement Operations Spark Anger in Chinese Society

The reaction to a Taiwan Coast Guard confrontation reflects the existence of a particularly hardline strand of opinion on Taiwan among mainland Chinese.

China and South Korea accuse each other of undermining key national principles

China and South Korea have exchanged formal protests over the highly sensitive Taiwan question and Korean unity. The two countries have been trying to improve relations in recent m...

Beijing Presses Taiwan to Restore More Cross-Strait Flights

With the Mid-Autumn Festival approaching on Sept. 25, Beijing and Taipei have again traded accusations over cross-Strait air travel, with China calling on Taiwan to ease restrictio...

Taiwan's KMT shows signs of power struggle tracked by US and China

The Trump-Xi Summit Is Over, But Taiwan Is Still Bracing for the Fallout

Given what happened in May, Taiwanese may have been more nervous after the latest Trump-Xi summit ended. 

The Trump-Xi Detente Has a Taiwan Problem

The U.S.-China relationship is on more stable footing after last week’s summit between their leaders. They agreed to reduce tariffs on roughly $30 billion of imports, with most of...

Why US Himars missile shortfalls raise stakes for a potential Taiwan Strait conflict

A potential conflict in the Taiwan Strait could see crossfire exchanged between two mobile rocket systems: the US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (Himars), and its mainl...

The Trump-Xi summit leaves Taiwan in limbo

‘Provocation’ could accelerate Taiwan reunification, retired PLA major general says

Progress towards reunifying with Taiwan hinges on factors like the island’s level of provocation, retired PLA major general Luo Yuan told the South China Morning Post, warning that...

Taiwan’s opposition casts doubt on ‘rock solid’ US ties ahead of Xi-Trump summit

Reports that Taiwanese officials have been asked to scale back visits to Washington have sparked debate over whether the island’s ties with the United States remain as “rock solid”...

Taiwan remains Asia’s ‘most dangerous’ issue, former Singaporean diplomat warns

Asia remains shackled by “mental colonisation” despite accounting for over half the global population, a former UN Security Council president has said, while warning that Taiwan re...

China strengthens position for Taiwan conflict with mobilization law

Will Taiwan issue derail Washington and Beijing’s latest reset? Analysts are sceptical

Recent interactions involving the US and Taiwan are not expected to derail the current momentum in relations between Washington and mainland China, according to diplomatic analysts...

Trump’s warm welcome for Xi met with caution and uncertainty in Taiwan

Taiwanese officials and observers have reacted cautiously to the Washington summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, with uncertainty lingering over what the two leaders discuss...

China Expands Coast Guard Patrols East of Taiwan, Raising Blockade Concerns

China has sharply expanded coast guard operations in the Pacific Ocean east of Taiwan, extending pressure beyond the Taiwan Strait into waters considered critical to the island’s w...